· Private foundation
The Samuel M Fleming Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k20 grants · $101k
- $10k–50k19 grants · $409k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $205k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL | $85,000 |
| KIPP ACADEMY | $70,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $50,000 |
| GILDA'S CLUB NASHVILLE | $48,000 |
| CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC | $48,000 |
| TPAC | $44,000 |
| HERITAGE FOUNDATION | $38,000 |
| NASHVILLE OPERA | $35,000 |
| FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH | $32,500 |
| ENSWORTH SCHOOL | $20,000 |
| FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| BATTLE OF FRANKLIN TRUST | $13,500 |
| NASHVILLE SYMPHONY | $12,000 |
| MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY | $12,000 |
| NASHVILLE BALLET | $12,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY24–24, $12k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
46 repeat relationships: 34 still active in FY2024, 12 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 80% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $144k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MPMISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC7× · 2018–2024 · $575k · revenue +32%
- TETHE ENSWORTH SCHOOL7× · 2018–2024 · $290k · revenue +101%
- NONASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION7× · 2018–2024 · $245k · revenue +110%
Funded once
- UWUS WOMEN'S AMATEUR CHAMP CHARITABLE FDNone grant, 2018 · $13k
- CFCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CENTRAL KYone grant, 2020 · $5k
- JAJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENTone grant, 2018 · $3k
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
Closest unfunded matches
The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.
Nashville public radio's mission is to be the most trusted & independent nashville voice, connecting our communities through non-partisan journalism, compelling storytelling, civil conversation and music discovery.
Fayetteville academy is an independent, college preparatory school (prek- 12) that encourages students to achieve their full potential by offering exceptional opportunities in academics, fine arts, and athletics. the academy emphasizes…
King's academy is a pre-k-8th grade independent christian school in nashville, tennessee, providing a classically inspired education to a racially and socioeconomically balanced student body.
Tower hill school prepares students from diverse backgrounds for full and creative engagement with a dynamic world. each student is provided with an educational experience that emphasizes the development of an inquisitive, discerning and…
The nashville chamber public benefit foundation supports the work of the nashville area chamber of commerce through efforts to improve the quality of education, encourage public and private efforts around education, and to facilitate the…
Our mission: the winsor school prepares young women to pursue their aspirations and contribute to the world.
Founded in 1902, barton college is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in wilson, n.c. the barton experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to…
Field school is a boy's middle school founded in 2007 by todd barnett with the support of many parents, friends, and community leaders. its mission is to develop well-rounded boys of character and accomplishment. its motto is "omnis puer…
The nashville area chamber of commerce facilitates community leadership to create economic prosperity.
To prepare a diverse student population for success in college and to live inspired and purposeful lives. our scholars will graduate with academic skills, social-emotional skills, and positive character strengths that rival the outcomes of…
Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…
Christ-centered school educating children of diverse racial & socioeconomic backgrounds by establishing a biblical worldview & preparing each child to flourish academically, emotionally, socially & spiritually.
How this is measured
32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.
How this is measured
Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 59 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding
A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.
- Who funds MISS PORTER'S SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds THE ENSWORTH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE OPERA ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds HERITAGE PLANTATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds BATTLE GROUND ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FOLDS OF HONOR FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Nashville Symphony Association ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE WARNER PARKS INC ↗
- Who funds TENNESSEE GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE BALLET ↗
- Who funds NASHVILLE ZOO INC ↗
- Who funds THE HARPETH HALL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds THE TELOMERE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NASHVILLE ↗
- Who funds CUMBERLAND HEIGHTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds JORDAN THOMAS FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIST ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds TIME TO RISE INC ↗
- Who funds BACKFIELD IN MOTION ↗
- Who funds HANDS ON NASHVILLE INC ↗
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · The Frist Foundation · Hca Healthcare Foundation · Memorial Foundation Inc · The Steven & Laurie Eskind Family Foundation · Dorothy Cate and Thomas F Frist Foundation · Nashville Predators Foundation · The Hunt Family Foundation of Nashville · Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation · The Rich Foundation · Henry Laird Smith Foundation · Enchiridion Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Samuel M Fleming Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Samuel M Fleming Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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